#6B5D17#6B5D17

#6B5D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.088 H 97.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5D17
RGB	rgb(107, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, -2.61, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 39.86, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% -0.0114 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.088 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1329, 11.0169, 2.4032)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5D17 #17256B

analogous

#6B3317 #6B5D17 #4F6B17

triadic

#6B5D17 #176B5D #5D176B

tetradic

#6B5D17 #176B33 #17256B #6B174F

square

#6B5D17 #176B33 #17256B #6B174F

split-complementary

#6B5D17 #174F6B #33176B

monochromatic

#191605 #39310C #6B5D17 #9D8922 #D0B52D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#6B5D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#6B5D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5D17

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5D17	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74554F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.088 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988a5a',
    500: '#6b5d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5d17;
$custom-light: #988a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47852,
    "c": 0.08829,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5D17

secondary

#3D4DA1

accent

#5CE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5D17

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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